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e; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language. Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power. Madison.

Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. "Men of account." Pope. "To turn to account." Shak. Account current, a running or continued account between two or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such an account. -- In account with, in a relation requiring an account to be kept. -- On account of, for t…

duce of money lent. "Interest accrues to principal." Abbott. The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press. Junius.

rom the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.

Containing a high percentage of silica; -- opposed to basic. an acidic solution.

A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary. See Suctoria.

To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.

A theatrical performer; a stageplayer. After a well graced actor leaves the stage. Shak.

A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.

ble ship of a fleet. Like some mighty admiral, dark and terrible, bearing down upon his antagonist with all his canvas straining to the wind, and all his thunders roaring from his broadsides. E. Everett.

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive. As a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. Isa. lxi. 10. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place. Goldsmith.

Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic. [Archaic] Bp. King.

A modification of the aëroplane, having curved surfaces, the advantages of which were first demonstrated by Lilienthal.

The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.

To bind in faith. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu.

nsis, a plant found in Africa and India. -- African marigold, a tropical American plant (Tagetes erecta). -- African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building. African violet African-American, a United States citizen of African descent.

One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc. Shak.

The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.

A tag of a lace or of the points, braids, or cords formerly used in dress. They were sometimes formed into small images. Hence, "aglet baby" (Shak.), an aglet image.

A point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet.